77th Maharaja’s Vyasa Pooja offerings 2024

Nama om vishnu padaya Krishna presthaya bhu tale

srimate HanumatPresaka Swamin iti namine

Om ajnana timirandhasya

jnananjana salakaya

caksur unmilitam yena

tasmai sri gurave namah

mukam karoti vachalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat kripa tam aham vande

shri GuruMaharaj dina taranam

Hare Krishna Srila Gurudeva,

Please accept my sincere and humble obeisances at your lotus feet. 🙇‍♂️

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to you, Gurudeva!

Happy Krishna Conscious 77th Birthday to you, Gurudeva!

On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I humbly offer my gratitude, though I feel unqualified to do so.

Gurudeva, I still remember the first time I saw you in 2020 at the airport and received your vapu association. You are such an expert preacher, empowering so many people like me with your vapu and vani. Every time I hear you speak, I am amazed—my questions are answered even before I ask them.

Today, we are celebrating your 77th Vyasa Puja. Not only your disciples but the entire ISKCON of Richmond congregation is celebrating with love. Every devotee in our congregation has at least one memorable moment with you, Gurudeva. That is how much love you have shared with us.

Your compassion knows no bounds, as you see Krishna in every living being. I still remember an incident in your ashram where some ants were near the sink. I was about to kill them, but you stopped me. You carefully took them and threw them outside gently, sparing their lives.

You also bring joy with your sense of humor. I recall wearing Adidas shoes once, and you pointed out, saying, “Did you see that? It says ‘Adi Das.’” Since then, I stopped wearing that brand!

Gurudeva, your every visit gives us memories to cherish for a lifetime. I will hold onto these moments until my last breath.

Thank you so much for always emphasizing the importance of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra attentively and studying Srila Prabhupada’s books with great faith and enthusiasm. After hearing your dynamic lectures and the way you explain Srila Prabhupada’s purports so strongly, I truly feel that Srila Prabhupada is living in his books.

Please continue to guide me and help me to remain under your shelter always. I pray for your mercy and blessings to overcome my unwanted desires and steadily progress on the path of bhakti.

Our sincere prayers to Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu are for your health and energy so that you can continue distributing His love to millions of conditioned souls.

Gurudeva, it is my sincere desire to assist you in some small way in your service to Srila Prabhupada. Please allow me to stay in devotional service and remain close to your lotus feet.

Thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple.

Your insignificant servant,

RamaKrishnananda Das

HpS - When, agtSP, we see you in the full morning program we are always happy.

we see you as an engine in mechanics ville just filling your furnace with fuel. doing your work in the field and making all your neighbors think about KRSNA, the SPOG!!!

Gaura Nitai!

GAURA NITAI!

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Hope you have more and more chance to meet your neighbors and engage them in deity worship.

braja raja krsna das!

adi das shoes and products are nice, no?

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja

PAMHO

AGTSP

This year for me was exceptionally good for my Krsna conciusness, but everything started to move on the last 2 or 3 months before this year concludes, I'm super happy that I finally was able to see you, now I'm Germany I have meet a lot of people here, very nice and devoties and also I meet one mataji called Kanu Priya, she thanks to my (spiritual) big brother Jara Mara that put us in contact, she is very kind, now I'm writting this from one campament of the european group Erasmus it's basically a meeting of joung devoties and it's the forat time in my life that I can be myself with other people I just so glad for everything, with you, with Jara Mara, with Kanu Priya and of curse with Krsna that for that, also I finally found what happiness is for me in this world and it is being with Krsna and thinking in him, this for me are very deep pensamientos thay I would like to tell you in person but I don't know if the time will allow me do tell you in person.

Was also challenging and I found a lot of dificulties to continue with my service but thanks to all the devoties and Krsna I could keep on.

With few to nothing to add I say good bye and I hope that you will have a excelent Vyasa-Puja :D 

hps!!!!

Hare Krishna Dear Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

hps /asa - yes. yes. yes. yes. agtsp

We have seen SP's synthesis: fresh and beautiful, embodied in his loving suggestions, namely...

– 16 good rounds very early in the morning… observing and perfecting the four principles.

SP lives in his books.

If we can breathe we can chant.

If you write books with only the Maha mantra on their pages, they are perfect books.

¡Super¡ ¡Super¡ ¡Super¡

-So here we remain… attentive to the taste of the water and to the innocent people who approach us with thirst.

I am a pygmy trying to follow in your footsteps Mharaja,

hps/asa = we are like a black crow hopping along trying to follow prabhupada!. hope he keeps us all engaged!

hope we can be a link in the chain. it is no credit to us whatsoever.

guru krpa.

if we can serve as guru to anybody that is their mercy. thank you.

maybe it is the same for you.

maybe you have disciples. too.

just they are few years younger than you.

biological children.

joined iskcon later.

by their mercy that use you as a tool.

thank you.

but we know perfectly well that enthusiasm, will and confidence are the allies in the transition towards the common purpose that is in sight, but so far away… To please Krishna.

Therefore I pray to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva to give absolute protection to that wonderful person who selflessly gives practical instruction on how to unconditionally surrender ourselves at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to you

Ekchacra N. C. das

ASA - Uncle GIsmo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekachakra

go on!!! go on!!! go on!!!! you are helping so many people!!!! just go on!

Hare Krishna ¡Querido Maharaja!

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Hemos visto la síntesis de SP: plena y hermosa, plasmada en tus amorosas sugerencias a saber…

– 16 buenas rondas muy temprano por la mañana … observando y perfeccionando los cuatro principios.

 SP vive en sus libros.

 Si podemos respirar podemos cantar.

Si escribes libros en cuyas páginas solo existe el Maha mantra son libros perfectos.

 ¡¡Super Super Super¡¡

 -Entonces, aquí permanecemos… atentos al sabor del agua y a las personas inocentes que se acercan a nosotros con sed.

 Soy un pigmeo intentando seguir tus pasos Mharaja, pero sabemos perfectamente que es el entusiasmo, la voluntad y la confianza los aliados en el tránsito hacia el propósito común y a la vista, pero tan lejano… Agradar a Krisna.

 Me apena pensar que te iras de este mundo antes que nosotros. (Aunque Krisna sea el que tiene siempre la última palabra). Aun así, creo yo, hace ya mucho tiempo que has partido de este mundo, aunque al parecer… tus brazos, piernas, manos etc. aún permanecen aquí…

 Por lo tanto, ruego al Señor Nṛsiṁhadeva que brinde absoluta protección a esa persona maravillosa que aporta desinteresadamente la instrucción práctica de como entregarnos incondicionalmente a los pies de loto de Srila Prabhupada.

Todas las glorias a Ti

Ekachacra N. C. das   

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj

Please accept my respectful obeisances 

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to you and your infinite sankirtan.

How are you Guru Maharaj?

hps

just read the other blog posts today. 😆

everyone asks the same question

our body is like little hellish. prasadam a little spicey. eyes failing. respiration constricted. maybe have some tetanus.

mind nice. hare krsna, hare krsna hk hk!!!! 😃

spirit .... KRSNA is God. we don't want any more.

KRSNA IS GOD

WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE !!!!

From that grows His form and His face.

He is a killer.

From His glances all the young girls in Braja race!!

Only Radha is strong enough to control Him. 💪

💪💪 👧

Praying to Lord Krishna

so that your health improves

day by day

and that you can always be a worthy disciple.

HPS - Thank you. We are pretty unworthy disciples. ALWAYS making Srila Prabhupada pull us!!!!!!!!

Trying a little bit to walk

and

carry somethings for him!

I start my report by telling what I have done this year.

16r+4p+G Ok

I have my diploma from Bhakti Sastri.

HpS/ASA ❗

Amazing!

You are like Wonder Woman.

Your father must be looking down from heaven with his friends, amazed.

Mention that I am sporadically going to the temple to worship their Lordships Sri Sri Goura Nita; It is always a blessing, this department of ISKCON Chile is going through a tremendous crisis due to lack of pujaris and cooks, so I attend service as much as I can.

HpS - 🐒

👍

We did the same thing. Try and do even something simple, but nicely and rebularly. Gaura Nitai need a house and Temple in Santiago! It is a very important part of ISKCON preaching for the whole world.

On the other hand,

tell yourself that in March of this year I started studying my second degree (the first was Gastronomy),

today I am studying Social Work and with the grace of Krishna I have already finished my first year.

Together with Lalita Madhava we continue with the distribution of Prasadam and added to the music,

it is incredible to the places and people we have reached,

it fills our hearts,

this is without a doubt thanks to your blessing and we dedicate it as an offering to the Lord always.

ASA - you are very, very, very, lucky girl. so lucky. so nice.

are there other people in chile like you.

i am not joking.

you may not think it is true, but most people are evil either by desire or ignorance.

they drink wine and get sick and vomit.

they .... 😐

help other devotees in the yatra who have problems with their bodies, minds, character just like you and us.

they are rare people.

make them great people.

push life into their sankirtan!!!

Finally, I mention that she is no longer part of the ISKCON Chile Initiations Committee, she decided to step aside, always sticking to her instructions.

Your would-be servant 

Manjuali Devi Dasi

Santiago de Chile, December 2024

HpS - Go back to initiations committee or other committee after some time. share the burden with others.

we have to answer the same question on the blog again and again 😆

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😆😆

😆👹

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... but we do it. with a head ache and an eye ache.

not doing it very well. but KRSNA makes our effort work!

It is actually valuable to Him.

do some administration.

take some rest.

go back.

do some more.

everyone needs to take some of the work for some times.

we have to brush our teeth.

and then.... we learn that we can chant and dance while we are brushing our teeth. and then... hare krsna. the whole world becomes heaven.

vaikuntha.

and then...

... we die.,..!

;; was a nice life.

on to the next, but now eternally associated with srila prabhupada/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF3SJerPG7g

'susan' = guru

'china' = vaikuntha

'lonely tower' = cross.... etc.

for lalita's music

HK Maharaj! PAMHO AGTSP!!

All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!!

How are you??

ASA 🐵 - HpSwami Bh.Ved. Died and went to heaven. We, Tom Brown, agtSP, are answering the mail now, until we go to heaven. We have fleas. We would rather be in heaven - guess the fleas would rather be in heaven also.

I’m so glad to hear all those excellent news from you!!! It makes me really happy!

Well thanks for the recent reply!! I hope you are always well Maharaj!! Wish I could visit you sometime there in the states.

In reply to your questions, well I’m not and engineer, I actually studied software development since I was 13 years old till my 24, pausing for studying Chinese medicine for a year and working for some time. Then I studied graphic design for 2 years and was self taught for more than 5 years when I worked in that field. I started digital marketing in the meanwhile and been self taught as well, now I’m more formally dedicated to study again in some courses I enrolled myself.

Also I began studying Portuguese recently, and study English since I was 7, now I’m 41. I’ve lived in Brazil and speak both Portuguese and English fluently, and I’m perfecting myself each and every day.

And I’m from Argentina :) I’m not Italian though I love their culture, country and language. I should learn how to speak with the hands hahhahaha.

I remember you once said the way of impeding an Italian from speaking is tiding [tying] his hands! Hahaha! Oh well, yes, now that I recall I do have some Italian blood.

ASA 🌴🌴🌴🌴 Olive trees.

. . . . . I watched this Prabhupada class today and was really thrilled, was so so good, found that YouTube, profile, Vanimedia Mayapur, which has so many Prabhupada lectures grouped by countries.

Yes my instagram profile is private, please can you send me a request so I can sometimes share you material? My username is Federico_molnar

ASA - How do we do that???

We do not use 'instagram'

Well I hope I can meet you up once again some day!!

thanks for supporting me!!

HK!

Federico Molnar

ASA - Hare Krsna.... Hare Rama.... Chant better and better, no? Send more news about your Sankirtan every few weeks.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Gurudev , muchas gracias por responder mi última carta. En esa carta creo que google traductor hizo una traducción diferente a la palabra "perseguir" (chase) y lo tradujo como "persecution", pero lo que yo quería expresar es que, Jagannatha ha servido como administrador en el templo, y fuera del templo también. De alguna manera parece que su karma es la administración.

En realidad él no siente incomodidad al reemplazar a su jefe. Y como usted dice, Jagannatha tiene un carácter heroico, decidido y valiente. Muchas gracias por Su aprecio.

Gurudev, además quiero contestar a Su pregunta, sobre los audios que envía SS Bhakti Sundar Goswami. HpS - What does he send? Extracts from KRSNA book? CC????

Si, él envía audios del CC, Mahabharata y pasatiempos que aparecen en los libros escritos por los 6 Goswamis, como Lalita Madhava.

Nos parecen muy interesantes, pues hay detalles curiosos que hacen más frescos los pasatiempos de Krsna y Sus encarnaciones.

Por último quiero contarle que estoy muy entusiasmada porque en un programa de "Harinam Sankirtan", organizado por el BBT, pude distribuir algunos libros persona a persona, y estoy leyendo cartas de Srila Prabhupada que hablan de la importancia de la distribución de libros. ¡Es tan maravilloso reconectarse con éste servicio!.

Bueno Gurudev. Espero que esta carta lo encuentre cada vez mejor...

Esperando poder servir

Con aprecio, Priyasakhi Devi Dasi

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!! Paoho....

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

ASA - ❗

Gurudev, thank you very much for responding to my last letter.

In that letter, I believe Google Translate mistranslated the word "chase" and translated it as "persecution," but what I wanted to convey is that Jagannatha has served as an administrator in the temple, and outside of it as well. Somehow, it seems his karma is administration.

HpS - Aaaah! Thank you!!!

Actually, he feels no discomfort replacing his boss. And as you say, Jagannatha has a heroic, determined, and courageous character. Thank you very much for your appreciation.

Gurudev, I also want to answer your question about the audio recordings that HH Bhakti Sundar Goswami sends: "HpS - What does he send? Extracts from KRSNA book? CC????"

Yes, he sends audio recordings of the CC, Mahabharata, and pastimes that appear in the books written by the six Goswamis, such as Lalita Madhava.

We find them very interesting, as there are curious details that make the pastimes of Krishna and His incarnations even more vivid.

HpS - So nice!!

Finally, I want to tell you that I am very excited because, during a "Harinam Sankirtan" program organized by the BBT, I was able to distribute some books person-to-person, and I am reading letters from Srila Prabhupada that speak about the importance of book distribution. It is so wonderful to reconnect with this service!

HpS - It is nice to always have SP's books with us, then we can distribute them when the opportunity comes during our regular dealings!!!

Well, Gurudev. I hope this letter finds you improving every time...

Looking forward to being of service.

With appreciation, Priyasakhi Devi Dasi

HpS - Thank you!!

There are no small parts in this movement, no?

Krsna expects us to all be His perfect helpers, no?

Today!